Military Civil Aviation Safety Day at RAF Benson - 28 April 2023
27 Feb 2023

Military Civil Aviation Safety Days or MCASD (pronounced  'muh-cas-dee') are always popular events providing as they do an opportunity for some to fly in to a military air base and for all to enjoy a safety focussed day-out in military surroundings, receive up-to-date briefings on operations at the air base, safety matters and view some of the facilities and aircraft based there at first-hand.

RAF Benson in South Oxfordshire is a support helicopter main operating base working within the Joint Helicopter Command.  It is home to two front-line Puma HC2 helicopter squadrons and one Operational Conversion Unit, flying a mix of Puma HC2 and Chinook HC4 helicopters. It is also home to the Operational Evaluation Unit of the Joint Helicopter Command, the civilian National Police Air Service and the Thames Valley Air Ambulance which operate 24 hours a day.

The units based at RAF Benson are:

22 Squadron
28 Squadron
33 Squadron
606 Squadron RAuxAF
Oxford University Air Squadron
Joint Helicopter Support Squadron
6 Air Experience Flight
RAF Benson Flying Club
National Police Air Service (Benson)
Thames Valley Air Ambulance

More details can be found on the RAF Benson website: https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/stations/raf-benson/

 



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